A first UE may receive, from a base station or a second UE, one or more first TCI states via RRC signaling. The first UE may receive, from the base station or the second UE, one or more MAC-CEs. Each of the one or more MAC-CEs may include at least one indication of one or more second TCI states. The one or more second TCI states may be a subset of the one or more first TCI states. The first UE may transmit to the second UE, or receive from the second UE, a sidelink message via a sidelink channel based on a third TCI state. The third TCI state may be from the one or more second TCI states.
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2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more MAC-CEs includes at least one of an identifier (ID) of a cell, an ID of a bandwidth part (BWP), an ID of a resource pool, one or more indications of one or more target sidelink channels, one or more indications of one or both communication directions in relation to the one or more target sidelink channels, or one or more indications of one or more source reference signals.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sidelink channel corresponds to one of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), or a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH).
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more second TCI states associated with at least one MAC-CE of the one or more MAC-CEs include a single second TCI state, and the single second TCI state is the fourth TCI state.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more second TCI states associated with at least one MAC-CE of the one or more MAC-CEs include a plurality of second TCI states, the plurality of second TCI states including the fourth TCI state.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the DCI message or the SCI message includes a communication direction associated with the indication of the fourth TCI state.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one MAC-CE of the one or more MAC-CEs is associated with a single communication direction in relation to one or more target sidelink channels associated with the at least one MAC-CE, the single communication direction being transmission or reception.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one MAC-CE of the one or more MAC-CEs is associated with both communication directions in relation to one or more target sidelink channels associated with the at least one MAC-CE, the both communication directions being transmission and reception.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more second TCI states associated with the at least one MAC-CE are associated with the both communication directions.
11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one MAC-CE includes, for each indication of the at least one indication of the one or more second TCI states, an indication of a communication direction in relation to a respective target sidelink channel.
12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one indication of the one or more second TCI states included in the at least one MAC-CE is alternately associated with one or the other of the both communication directions.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one MAC-CE of the one or more MAC-CEs is associated with a single target sidelink channel.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one MAC-CE of the one or more MAC-CEs is received from the base station, and is associated with one or more identifiers (IDs) of one or more sidelinks.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, further including a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the one or more IDs of the one or more sidelinks correspond to one or more IDs of one or more UEs including the second UE and excluding the first UE.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein each of the one or more MAC-CEs includes at least one of an identifier (ID) of a cell, an ID of a bandwidth part (BWP), an ID of a resource pool, one or more indications of one or more target sidelink channels, one or more indications of one or both communication directions in relation to the one or more target sidelink channels, or one or more indications of one or more source reference signals.
19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the sidelink channel corresponds to one of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), or a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH).
21. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the one or more second TCI states associated with at least one MAC-CE of the one or more MAC-CEs include a plurality of second TCI states, the plurality of second TCI states including the fourth TCI state.
24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein each of the one or more MAC-CEs includes at least one of an identifier (ID) of a cell, an ID of a bandwidth part (BWP), an ID of a resource pool, one or more indications of one or more target sidelink channels, one or more indications of one or both communication directions in relation to the one or more target sidelink channels, or one or more indications of one or more source reference signals.
25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the sidelink channel corresponds to one of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), or a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH).
26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the one or more second TCI states associated with at least one MAC-CE of the one or more MAC-CEs include a single second TCI state, and the single second TCI state is the fourth TCI state.
27. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the one or more second TCI states associated with at least one MAC-CE of the one or more MAC-CEs include a plurality of second TCI states, the plurality of second TCI states including the fourth TCI state.
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